GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

sage411 The actual film is very silly and basically just a big paycheck for Demi and her daughters, Rumor Willis's early start to SA Guild membership. The 5 star from me is mostly for Annie Lenox tunes that Dermi grinds to are great. It is basically a part of the greatest hits disc from Annie Lenox. Demi is also in very great shape for this films. The story line is very silly but with just listening to the music.

tdrish The plot is pretty simple: She needs cash, and she needs it fast. What better way to make a quick buck by being a stripper. Put all morals to the side, they don't exist in Striptease. She just wants her child back, this makes it right, right? What doesn't make it right, is the fact that this bore fest clocks in at almost 2 hours, and about an hour and a half of it is nothing but filler. If it's not filler, it's literally nothing of NOTHING. ( By the way, there is a scene where her young daughter catches her stripping...not sure what to make of it, to this day. She does compliment her, though.) Striptease is just a little better then the horrible showdown of Showgirls, one year this films senior. Burt Reynolds is in this, too...yeah, you know, you have to bill him from time to time, you can't have him just drop off the map completely. Boring, but can be touching and uplifting from time to time, the film does have soul...you can barely see it, but if not, you can feel it. Somewhat. 3 out of 10 stars. ( Just a reminder, if you want to see Demi naked, this isn't your movie, she bares it all in The Seventh Sign. You perverts!

Ivana Cerveza This movie gets a lot of attention for being a mainstream film with an unusually high amount of nudity, yet nudity is the least notable aspect of the movie from a critical standpoint. With but a single exception, this movie's use of nudity is entirely appropriate to the subject matter: a strip club and its employees. Less nudity simply wouldn't make sense.The lone exception is a scene where Ms. Moore's character practices a stage routine at home after a shower. It turns awkward the moment she pulls panties on under cover of the towel she has wrapped around her body. Why the sudden modesty? She's clearly alone, the blinds are closed, and her comportment in the rest of the scene shows that she feels entirely secure in her person. Why not either a) drop the towel and pull on the panties, or just leave the towel on through the rest of the scene and skip the flashes of buns and boobs? There is either too much nudity in this scene or not enough. The movie makers tried to strike a balance between unnecessary titillation and a desire to keep their MPAA R rating, at a toll to believability.Contrast this with the backstage scenes, where the women re-dress shortly after coming off stage. We believe this. It's probably cold back there. They aren't going to hang around in their skin until it's time to go back on stage.The real problem with this movie is that it is nearly incoherent in its presentation. The style jerks madly between scary, slapstick, and serious. I'm all in favor of nuanced movies that don't fit into neat categories, but this movie doesn't blend them, it just butts mismatched scenes up against each other.It's clear that the movie's main character is not happy stripping for a living, but the sense we get from the movie is that this is because of the club's patrons, not from being nude, per se. One of the most telling scenes in the movie is when the main character's prepubescent daughter steals an illicit peek at her mother stripping and dancing on stage. When her mother learns of it, she is clearly upset by it, but why? Given the stage lights, all her daughter could have seen is the nudity, but it's clearly not nudity that's the problem here, only the audience's reaction to it. That leaves a huge hole in the social commentary this movie could be making, that the only problems needing to be fixed are the risks to the dancers.In the end, I find myself completely unchanged in my opinions about nudity, stripping as a profession, or the sleaze accompanying it. As a sermon, this movie entirely fails, where it had the opportunity to break new social ground.Then there are the scenes of violence mixed with comedy. It comes across not as black comedy, but as clowns stumbling drunkenly through a gang fight. It feels contrived, completely unrealistic. Violence and comedy can blend wonderfully: witness Quentin Tarantino's films. This film doesn't manage to pull that blend off at all.In the end, I give this movie 3 out of 10 because this movie failed to either achieve untethered fantasy or grounded reality. The only scenes that felt real are the exotic dancing scenes. It's 2016: if I want to see beautiful women peeling to their skin, I don't need to plow through 2 hours of incoherence to get it.I'm unlikely to watch this movie again.

Predrag I have enjoyed this movie ever since I first viewed it. And the main reason is Demi Moore. She has obviously done her homework and her dancing is quite literally, stunning. She is truly superb as one of the sleazy nightclub pole dancers and I appreciate an actor who has taken the time to experience the real thing and then gets it spot on when required. Some of the support cast leave things to be desired. Moore's estranged husband is not the best drunk/drugged I've ever seen and Bert Reynolds portrayal of the congressman couldn't have been more hammed up if the producers had tried. Demi learned to dance like an exotic dancer for this film and after just having a baby at the time, she looks great.And even with an indifferent script, Moore holds it all together so as not to allow these annoyances to ruin this otherwise enjoyable comedy/drama.The story was hugely predictable, and the acting was pretty bad, but this movie was really funny. There were some great one-liners. If you are a fan of Demi Moore, then you will recall her dancing to two terrific Lennox tunes, "Money Can't Buy It" and "Little Bird." These tunes marked the clear highlight of the film, but mysteriously are missing here, along with another haunting Lennox song titled "Cold" which can be found on the album Diva along with the other two missing songs. Overall, a pretty good movie with Moore's "chair dance" being one of the most sensual acts I have seen in a long time! Overall rating: 7 out of 10.